“This was an internal competition just among ASU researchers and Mayo researchers collaborating together on projects,” Lewis said. “These winners are the most promising out of all the applicants that came in.”

The winning teams are:

• Michael Sierks, ASU chemical engineering professor, and Terrone L. Rosenberry, and Pritam Das, both in the Department of Neuroscience at Mayo Clinic. They are developing nanobodies to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease at an earlier stage than is possible now.

• David Frakes, ASU biological and health systems engineering professor, and Dr. Brian Chong, a neuroradiologist at Mayo Clinic. They are working on software that will change the way treatment planning for cerebral aneurysms is managed.

The grant money is coming from The Center for Individualized Medicine at Mayo Clinic and ASU’s Office of Knowledge Enterprise Development.

Angela Gonzales covers health, biotech and education.

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